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Direct linkBaker, Fiona S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This article reports on three salient socio-cultural and systemic factors that are influential in play in Abu Dhabi Education Council's (ADEC's) kindergarten (KG) framework from the teacher perspective. Anecdotal evidence suggests that during ADEC's progressive educational reform, emphasis has reverted to academic performance outcomes rather than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Conflict
Seefeldt, Carol – Principal, 1985
The place of kindergarteners in academia has grown more important in recent years. Increased emphasis on learning at the kindergarten level, however, should not blind educators to the developmental levels of four- and five-year-olds, who may learn most effectively by playing creatively and exploring new language skills. (PGD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedMarti-Bucknall, Wendy – Childhood Education, 2002
Describes the typical kindergarten day as experienced by one child in the German-speaking region of Switzerland. Illustrates the main goal of kindergarten as preparing children for school rather than teaching reading, writing, or written numeracy. Focuses on the oral language learning approach incorporating teacher- and child-initiated activities.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Early Intervention, Educational Objectives
Download full textBryant, Donna; Bernier, Kathleen; Taylor, Karen; Maxwell, Kelly – 1998
Helping families access affordable, quality child care has been the primary focus for the Orange County, North Carolina Smart Start Partnership for Young Children. This study investigated the effects of Smart Start efforts on children's skills at kindergarten entry. Kindergarten teachers rated the cognitive, language and social skills of 39…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Cabler, Jesse K.; And Others – Bureau of School Service Bulletin, 1974
This report describes: (1) a study of desirable kindergarten goals as perceived by the principals, teachers, and parents of Kentucky's 1973-74 pilot kindergarten programs; and (2) a study of the learning needs of entering first-grade pupils as perceived by a structured sample of first-grade teachers in Kentucky. In the first study, data collected…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Educational Objectives, Grade 1
Katz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1987
Written by members of a consulting team engaged to evaluate a school district's kindergarten program and make recommendations for the future, this report chronicles the district's progress in coming to more fully understand goals and problems related to kindergarten education. Specifically, the report presents the evaluation team's examination of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Cooperation
Mitsakos, Charles L. – 1976
Five units are designed to assist kindergarten teachers in developing and implementing social studies programs which focus on introducing children to the world, its resources, and its peoples. Designed as a readiness program to help prepare kindergarten children for the primary grade social studies program, these units identify instructional…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
